Northeastern Ohio soybeans in peril from unexpected aphid infestations
WOOSTER, Ohio - Soybean aphids have arrived in Ohio, and counties along Lake Erie are taking the brunt of the impact.
Medina Co. auction was hot, hot, hot
MEDINA, Ohio - The people were hot, the animals were hot and the bidding was hot during the 2007 Medina County Junior Fair Livestock Auction.
Ohio’s farmland preservation program is complicated, but worth the effort
Contributing Writer The name of Ohio's farmland preservation program, the Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase Program, is very misleading and often keeps farm families from even considering the benefits.
Small, but mighty: Mercer 4-H Roundup sets records
MERCER, Pa. - Three new unofficial records. One record tied. That's how buyers supported Mercer County 4-H youth at the annual Mercer County 4-H Roundup livestock sale Aug.
An awesome night at Ashtabula County Fair
JEFFERSON, Ohio - When the Ashtabula County Fair junior livestock sale ended Aug. 10, half of its records had crumbled.
Butler Farm Show brings big bucks for youth
BUTLER, Pa. - The sound of thunder booming over the Butler Farm Show Aug. 9 matched the sound of records being shattered during the junior livestock sale.
Raising rabbits
WOOSTER, Ohio - Anyone who's raised animals knows it doesn't take much to go from a single critter to a backyard full of pens and water buckets and feed bags.
Starting from scratch
SALEM, Ohio - It all started with some pigs. In 2005, six 4-H'ers from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Hancock County in West Virginia put their pigs on the auction block at the Hancock County Oldtime Fair.
Consider the source of information
Editor: Mr. Guebert, you have been sucker punched. The July 26 issue of Farm and Dairy contained an opinion column by Alan Guebert titled "Dairy farmers take co-op to task.
Columbiana Co. Fair livestock sale totaled $267,630
LISBON, Ohio - Even though typical August weather scorched the midway, attendance was up all week at this year's Columbiana County Fair.
